Looking like glitter sprinkled along the rails, is metal shavings. In the side track at Broughton, a curved portion of rail is littered with metal flakes from the wheel flanges rubbing against th... (more)
Respite at sunset: At sunset on May 4, 2011, East Hump at the sprawling Union Pacific Bailey Yard at North Platte, Nebraska, has a lull between trains. The double crossover and diamond between, ar... (more)
As freight cars roll over East Hump utilizing the north track, a track gang works on south track on May 3, 2011. Union Pacific’s massive North Platte Yard in Nebraska is always busy and has to k... (more)
A Union Pacific train gets sorted outside the windows of East Hump tower while East Hump Foreman R.C. McKain supervises the operation in the lower level of the tower at North Platte, Nebraska, on ... (more)
Jake Linderman, second trick operator on the second floor of East Hump tower, talks to a switch crew on the radio at Union Pacific’s big yard at North Platte, Nebraska, on May 3, 2011.